τριήρης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
τρῐ- (tri-, “three”) + ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”)(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tri.ɛ̌ː.rɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /triˈe̝.re̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /triˈi.ris/
Adjective
τρῐήρης • (triḗrēs) m or f (neuter τρῐῆρες); third declension
- having three storeys
- Synonym: τριώροφος (triṓrophos)
Declension
Third declension of τρῐήρης; τρῐῆρες (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τρῐήρης triḗrēs | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρεις triḗreis | τρῐήρη triḗrē | ||||||||
Genitive | τρῐήρους triḗrous | τρῐήρους triḗrous | τρῐήροιν triḗroin | τρῐήροιν triḗroin | τρῐήρων triḗrōn | τρῐήρων triḗrōn | ||||||||
Dative | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήροιν triḗroin | τρῐήροιν triḗroin | τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν triḗresi(n) | τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν triḗresi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | τρῐήρη triḗrē | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρεις triḗreis | τρῐήρη triḗrē | ||||||||
Vocative | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρει triḗrei | τρῐήρεις triḗreis | τρῐήρη triḗrē | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τρῐήρως triḗrōs | τρῐηρέστερος triērésteros | τρῐηρέστᾰτος triēréstatos | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of τρῐήρης; τρῐῆρες (uncontracted, Ionic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | τρῐήρης triḗrēs | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες triḗreis / triḗrees | τρῐήρεᾰ triḗrea | ||||||||
Genitive | τρῐήρεος / τρῐήρευς triḗreos / triḗreus | τρῐήρεος / τρῐήρευς triḗreos / triḗreus | τρῐηρέοιν triēréoin | τρῐηρέοιν triēréoin | τρῐηρέων triēréōn | τρῐηρέων triēréōn | ||||||||
Dative | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεῐ̈ triḗrei / triḗreï | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεῐ̈ triḗrei / triḗreï | τρῐηρέοιν triēréoin | τρῐηρέοιν triēréoin | τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν triḗresi(n) | τρῐήρεσῐ / τρῐήρεσῐν triḗresi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | τρῐήρεᾰ triḗrea | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρεᾰς triḗreas | τρῐήρεᾰ triḗrea | ||||||||
Vocative | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐῆρες triêres | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρει / τρῐήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τρῐήρεις / τρῐήρεες triḗreis / triḗrees | τρῐήρεᾰ triḗrea | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τρῐηρέως triēréōs | τρῐηρέστερος triērésteros | τρῐηρέστᾰτος triēréstatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
τρῐήρης • (triḗrēs) f (genitive τριήρους); third declension
- trireme
- drinking vessel shaped like a ship
Declension
Third declension of ἡ τριήρης; τῆς τριήρους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τριήρης hē triḗrēs | τὼ τριήρει tṑ triḗrei | αἱ τριήρεις hai triḗreis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τριήρους tês triḗrous | τοῖν τριήροιν toîn triḗroin | τῶν τριήρων tôn triḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τριήρει têi triḗrei | τοῖν τριήροιν toîn triḗroin | ταῖς τριήρεσῐ / τριήρεσῐν taîs triḗresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τριήρη tḕn triḗrē | τὼ τριήρει tṑ triḗrei | τᾱ̀ς τριήρεις tā̀s triḗreis | ||||||||||
Vocative | τριῆρες triêres | τριήρει triḗrei | τριήρεις triḗreis | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ἡ τριήρης; τῆς τριήρεος (uncontracted, Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τριήρης hē triḗrēs | τὼ τριήρει / τριήρεε tṑ triḗrei / triḗree | αἱ τριήρεις / τριήρεες hai triḗreis / triḗrees | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τριήρεος / τριήρευς tês triḗreos / triḗreus | τοῖν τριηρέοιν toîn triēréoin | τῶν τριηρέων tôn triēréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τριήρει / τριήρεῐ̈ têi triḗrei / triḗreï | τοῖν τριηρέοιν toîn triēréoin | τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν τριήρεσῐ / τριήρεσῐν têisi(n) triḗresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τριήρεᾰ tḕn triḗrea | τὼ τριήρει / τριήρεε tṑ triḗrei / triḗree | τᾱ̀ς τριήρεᾰς tā̀s triḗreas | ||||||||||
Vocative | τριῆρες triêres | τριήρει / τριήρεε triḗrei / triḗree | τριήρεις / τριήρεες triḗreis / triḗrees | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τριήρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τριήρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τριήρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bank idem, page 61.
- frigate idem, page 345.
- schooner idem, page 739.
- ship idem, page 766.
- trireme idem, page 896.